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CATEGORIES:Plant Sciences Departmental Seminars
SUMMARY:Soil fungi for us - Maarja Öpik\, University of Ta
 rtu\, Estonia
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UID:TALK154681AThttp://talks.cam.ac.uk
URL:http://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/154681
DESCRIPTION:Fungi perform a wide array of functions in ecosyst
 ems\, contributing to ecosystems structure\, maint
 enance\, stability\, as well as human well-being. 
 Some of their services are also disservices from h
 uman point of view\, such as disease or carbon rel
 ease from ecosystems. Slightly exaggerating one co
 uld say that we breathe fungi\, eat fungi\, wear f
 ungi and live in fungi. But\, to which degree do w
 e understand the availability of fungi and their c
 apacity to perform their functions in ecosystems?\
 n\nI will present recent advances in understanding
  fungal distribution\, mostly\, but not solely foc
 using on soils and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. I
 ’ll zoom into human impact on fungal availability 
 and function\, as well as on how reversing fungal 
 availability can speed up ecosystem recovery after
  disturbance.\n\nI will conclude with speculations
  on how to better embrace the fungal potential for
  sustaining nature as well as humans.\n\nContact r
 eception@plantsci.cam.ac.uk for a Zoom link prior 
 to a talk if you are not on our mailing list. Due 
 to having to go onine\, we are restricting the tal
 ks to University of Cambridge and alumni to keep t
 hem as informal as possible.
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